Tectarius is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Species
Species within the genus Tectarius include:
- Tectarius antonii <small>(Philippi, 1846)</small>
- Tectarius coronatus <small>Valenciennes, 1833</small>
- Tectarius cumingii <small>(Philippi, 1846)</small>
- Tectarius grandinatus <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Tectarius niuensis <small>Reid & Geller, 1997</small>
- Tectarius pagodus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Tectarius rusticus <small>(Philippi, 1846)</small>
- Tectarius spinulosus <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small>
- Tectarius striatus <small>(King & Broderip, 1832)</small>
- Tectarius tectumpersicum <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Tectarius viviparus <small>(Rosewater, 1982)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Tectarius bullatus <small>(Martyn, 1784)</small>: synonym of Tectarius grandinatus <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Tectarius feejeensis <small>(Reeve, 1857)</small>: synonym of Echinolittorina feejeensis <small>(Reeve, 1857)</small>
- Tectarius granosus <small>(Philippi, 1845)</small>: synonym of Echinolittorina granosa <small>(Philippi, 1845)</small>
- Tectarius miliaris <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)</small>: synonym of Echinolittorina miliaris <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)</small>
- Tectarius montrouzieri <small>P. Fischer, 1878</small>: synonym of Perrinia angulifera <small>(A. Adams, 1853)</small>
- Tectarius muricatus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>: synonym of Cenchritis muricatus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
Subgenus Tectarius (Echininus) represented as Echininus <small>Clench & Abbott, 1942</small> (<small>alternate representation</small>)
References
Further reading
- Bandel, K. & D. Kadolsky (1982). Western Atlantic Species of Nodolittorina (Gastropda: Prosobranchia): comparative morphology and its functional, ecological, phylogenetic and taxonomic implications. Veliger 25 (1): 1-42.
- Reid D.G. (1989). Systematic revision of the Recent species of Peasiella Nevill, 1885 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae), with notes on the fossil species. The Nautilus 103(2): 43-69
- Reid D.G. & Geller J.B. (1997). A new ovoviviparious species of Tectarius (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) from Niue, South Pacific, with a molecular phylogeny of the genus. Journal of Molluscan Studies 63:207-233
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